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US 12,751,625 B1Granted
Embedded marker system and method for surface biopsy procedures and benign, malignant and suspicious lesions
AssigneeIntraderm, LLC
InventorMelanie L. Adams
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Abstract
A method of marking the location of a skin biopsy by inserting a marker below the skin surface at or near the biopsy site.
Claims19
A method for identifying a skin biopsy site of a patient having skin cancer, the method comprising:
- acquiring a biopsy sample of a skin surface feature at the skin biopsy site of the patient;
- determining skin cancer is present at the skin biopsy site, wherein the biopsy sample is used to determine skin cancer is present at the skin biopsy site;
- injecting a temporary, liquid dye into the dermis layer of the skin of the patient that is at or proximate to the skin biopsy site after determining skin cancer is present at the biopsy site;
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- wherein the temporary liquid dye is visible for one day to six months.
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A method for identifying a skin biopsy site of a patient having skin cancer, the method comprising:
- acquiring a biopsy sample of a skin surface feature at the skin biopsy site of the patient;
- determining skin cancer is present in the biopsy sample from the skin surface feature at the skin biopsy site;
- injecting a temporary, liquid dye into the dermis layer of the skin of the patient that is at or proximate to the skin biopsy site after determining skin cancer is present at the biopsy site;
- refraining from injecting the temporary liquid dye into the dermis layer of the skin remote from the skin biopsy site after determining skin cancer is present at the biopsy site;
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- observing the skin biopsy site having the liquid dye at or proximate to the biopsy site, at least one day after acquiring the biopsy sample.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.